Dixie State Inn, a hotel operated by state-owned Southern Utah University, will remove all copies of the Bible and Book of Mormon from its guest rooms.
The Salt Lake Tribune reportsthe Freedom From Religion Foundation alerted Dixie State’s president about the issue in June.
The group tracks the separation of church and state and reminded Dixie the establishment clause of the Constitution’s First Amendment forbids public schools from promoting, endorsing or advancing any religion.
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After an analysis by the university’s legal team, the school asked the inn to remove the religious texts from its guest rooms.